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Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Platinum Blonde DJ On Her Way to Laos

Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Platinum Blonde DJ On Her Way to Laos

Update: 2025-01-211
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A traveler in Vang Vieng, Laos writes a letter to a fellow traveler. This essay was edited by Lenora Todaro and originally appeared in Off Assignment. 

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Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Platinum Blonde DJ On Her Way to Laos

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